Feb 24th   
L'Atalante**                   

(Fra 1934)                            

A bride marries a canal boat captain and unwisely spends her honeymoon on the barge together with its colourful first mate and cabin boy.
Seemingly with whatever point to make about the roughness of life represented on a canal barge, this quirky drama from the director of Zero de Conduit brought about the ultimate demise of the then controversial (but since much revered) Jean Vigo, with some heavily butchered scenes compressing this still engaging film into an economical 85 minutes, with some magical moments.

Written by: Jean Vigo, Albert Riera.
Producer: Jacques-Louis Nounez.
Director: Jean Vigo.
Starring: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre.
Photography: Boris Kaufman.
Music: Maurice Jaubert.